Catholic Church

Jesus gets a makeover as Sistine Chapel artwork undergoes restoration

FILE PHOTO: Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel - which has Michelangelo's soaring Last Judgment on one wall - to begin the conclave in order to elect a successor to Pope Benedict March 12, 2013. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano/File Photo

I’m no angel, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni says, amid church fresco row

A restored chapel fresco in Rome's San Lorenzo in Lucina basilica resembles Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Pope Leo calls for end to anti-Semitism worldwide

Pope Leo XIV attends the weekly general audience at the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, January 28, 2026. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

US troops could disobey questionable orders, says Catholic archbishop

President Donald Trump has sought to deploy troops onto the streets of US cities and threatens to take control of Greenland.

Catholic Junior College to move to new site near Punggol Digital District in 2034

Catholic Junior College has been at its existing campus along 129 Whitley Road since it was founded in 1975 by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore.

Listen to abuse victims, Pope tells cardinals

Pope Leo XIV said the abuse of children and vulnerable adults by priests was still a “wound” in the Catholic Church.

Devotees in Philippines join massive procession for Black Nazarene statue

Around 439,000 people had joined the procession by 8am on the morning of Jan 9.

Spanish Catholic Church to compensate sex abuse victims under agreement with government

Empty pews are seen inside a Catholic church in Madrid, Spain, October 27, 2023.REUTERS/Susana Vera/File Photo

Pope Leo urges kindness to foreigners in closing Catholic Holy Year

Pope Leo closed the Catholic Church’s Holy Year on Jan 6 by sealing shut the special “Holy Door” in St Peter’s Basilica.

Rome welcomed record 33.5 million pilgrims for Catholic Holy Year

Cardinal Baldo Reina closing a Holy Door, as part of the end of the Catholic Jubilee Year, in Rome on Dec 27, 2025.

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